[mythtv-users] how to get root to start mythfrontend

[Phill Edwards]

> Why would you want mythfrontend running as root?  Running anything a
> root is a bad practise to get into.  Just my 2 cents...

If you look at the mythfrontend log files (and Jarod's guide for that
matter) they recommend running mythfrontend as root to get higher
priorities on the processes. However, I think they mean SUID rather
than actually logging on as root.

Regards,
Phill